In a stunning turn of expectations, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage should be allowed in a 4-3 vote today. Gay and lesbian people are rejoicing in the streets, while hundreds of thousands of heterosexual marriages fell apart faster than the Dow Jones.

Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage to the test - she and Portia de Rossi expect to get married, DeGeneres said during her talk show Friday.

The California Supreme Court today decided to hold that denying gay marriage rights to same sex couples violates the California Constitution on the basis of Due Process & Equal Protection.

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said that the government intends to put forward a combined proposal about gender bias marriages, but the government is split on the issue.